Marko Stamenić
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marko Seufatu Nikola Stamenić[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 February 2002||
Place of birth | Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Red Star Belgrade | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Stokes Valley | ||
2014–2016 | Western Suburbs | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Western Suburbs | 34 | (7) |
2019–2020 | Team Wellington | 7 | (1) |
2020–2023 | Copenhagen | 16 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → HB Køge (loan) | 23 | (2) |
2023– | Red Star Belgrade | 27 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | New Zealand U17 | 4 | (0) |
2021– | New Zealand U23 | 4 | (0) |
2021– | New Zealand | 14 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 May 2023 |
Marko Seufatu Nikola Stamenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Сеуфату Никола Стаменић; born 19 February 2002) is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serbian Superliga club Red Star Belgrade and the New Zealand national team.
Club career[edit]
Western Suburbs[edit]
Born in Wellington, Stamenić attended St Patrick's College, Silverstream, Wellington.[2] and came through the ranks of the Olé Football Academy.[3] During this time, Stamenić played for Olé-affiliated club Western Suburbs in the Central Premier League, making his debut in 2017 and reaching the final of the 2018 Chatham Cup.[3]
Team Wellington[edit]
Following Olé's affiliation with ISPS Handa Premiership side Team Wellington, Stamenić signed for them on 2 October 2019.[3] He made seven league appearances, scoring one goal on 15 December 2019 against Southern United.[4]
Copenhagen[edit]
Following his standout performances for New Zealand in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup, Stamenić was invited for a three-week trial at Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen in March 2020. However, following an order from the New Zealand Government for all foreign-based New Zealand citizens to urgently return to the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was forced to abort the trial.[3] FC Copenhagen retained their interest, and Stamenic eventually returned to Denmark, signing for the club's under-19 team on 1 September 2020.[2]
Stamenić made his debut for the first team on 23 November 2020, starting in a 2–1 Superliga loss to Randers FC.[5]
On 9 January 2023, Copenhagen announced they would not be extending his contract, which expired in June 2023, as Stamenić had elected to explore other opportunities.[6]
Red Star Belgrade[edit]
On 6 February 2023, Red Star Belgrade (Crvena zvezda) announced that they had signed Stamenić on a four-year deal beginning the next season.[7]
International career[edit]
Under-17[edit]
Stamenić made his first appearance for the New Zealand U-17 team coming off the bench in their 0–5 loss to the Solomon Islands at the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship.[8] He then followed that up starting in New Zealand's next matches against Papua New Guinea in the last pool game,[9] Tahiti in the semi-finals[10] and in the final which saw a rematch against the Solomon Islands that New Zealand won 5–4 on penalties.[11]
Stamenić played all three games for New Zealand in their 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign, finishing third in their group.[1]
Senior[edit]
Stamenić made his international debut with the senior New Zealand national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Curaçao on 9 October 2021.[12]
Personal life[edit]
Born in New Zealand, Stamenić is of Serbian and Samoan descent.[13] His father is from Novi Sad, Serbia.
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of 25 October 2023
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Team Wellington | 2019–20 | New Zealand Championship | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |
Copenhagen | 2020–21 | Danish Superliga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2021–22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
HB Køge (loan) | 2021–22 | Danish 1st Division | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |
Total | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
Red Star Belgrade | 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 1 | 13 | 1 |
Total | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Career total | 56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 64 | 4 |
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International[edit]
- As of match played on 19 June 2023
- Scores and results list New Zealand's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stamenic goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 19 June 2023 | Sonnensee Stadium, Ritzing, Austria | Qatar | 1–0 | 1–0[n 1] | Friendly |
- ^ Michael Boxall was racially abused during the first half of the game by a Qatari player. No official action was taken so the team have agreed not to come out for the second half of the match.
Honours[edit]
Western Suburbs
- Central League: 2017, 2019
- Chatham Cup runner-up: 2018
Copenhagen
Red Star Belgrade
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA. 31 October 2019. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b Rollo, Phillip (2 September 2020). "Another Kiwi in Europe: Rising star Marko Stamenić joins top Danish football club". Stuff. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d Rollo, Phillip (14 May 2020). "Covid-19 puts Kiwi footballer Marko Stamenić's European dream on hold". Stuff. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Marko Stamenic Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Rollo, Phillip (23 November 2020). "Teenager Marko Stamenić makes professional debut for Danish club FC Copenhagen". Stuff. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "No contract extension with Marko Stamenić". F.C. København. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ FK Crvena zvezda in English [@crvenazvezda_en] (6 February 2023). "Lord of the Midfield™ Young midfielder Marko Stamenić is set to join Crvena zvezda. The New Zealand-born starlet, class of 2022, will arrive on a four-year deal in the summer from FC Copenhagen. 🇷🇸🇳🇿 #fkcz" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Group A Solomon Islands v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Group A New Zealand v Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Semi-finals Tahiti v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Championship 2018 – Final Solomon Islands v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Football: Gutsy All Whites grind out impressive victory over Curacao on international return". Newshub. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Covid-19 puts Kiwi footballer Marko Stamenić's European dream on hold". Stuff. 14 May 2020.
- ^ "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
External links[edit]
- Marko Stamenić at Soccerway
- Living people
- 2002 births
- New Zealand men's association footballers
- New Zealand men's international footballers
- New Zealand men's youth international footballers
- New Zealand people of Serbian descent
- New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- New Zealand expatriate men's association footballers
- People educated at St. Patrick's College, Wellington
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic association footballers for New Zealand
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- HB Køge players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Western Suburbs FC players
- Team Wellington FC players
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- New Zealand men's under-23 international footballers
- Association footballers from Wellington City
- New Zealand Football Championship players